Dreams. What are they? An escape from reality or reality itself?
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.
Ethan Hawke Julie Delpy Wiley Wiggins Bill Wise Alex Jones Steven Soderbergh Ken Webster Charles Gunning Lorelei Linklater Trevor Jack Brooks Glover Gill Lara Hicks Ames Asbell Leigh Mahoney Sara Nelson Jeanine Attaway Erik Grostick Robert C. Solomon Kim Krizan Eamonn Healy J.C. Shakespeare David Sosa Otto Hofmann Aklilu Gebrewold Carol Dawson Lisa Moore Steve Fitch Louis Mackey Alex Nixon Violet Nichols Steven Prince Mary McBay Kregg A. Foote Jason T. Hodge Guy Forsyth John Christensen Caveh Zahedi David Jewell Adam Goldberg Nicky Katt Jason Liebrecht Brent Green RC Whittaker Hymie Samuelson David Martinez Ryan Power Tiana Hux Timothy "Speed" Levitch Steve Brudniak Marta Banda Charles Murdock Mona Lee Fultz Edith Mannix Bess Cox Louis Black Richard Linklater Kierstin Cunnington
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